Farmers' IHT fight continues as court told Gov 'acted unlawfully'

Tractors descend on Royal Courts of Justice as eleventh-hour campaign to halt family farm tax begins

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
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Farmers with James Austen, partner at legal company Collyer Bristow, representing the claimants at the Royal Courts of Justice
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Farmers with James Austen, partner at legal company Collyer Bristow, representing the claimants at the Royal Courts of Justice

Farmers from across the UK came together today (March 17) for the start of what they hope will be a successful legal challenge to the Government's family farm tax proposals. An industry collective,...

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